The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page xiv
... death of Sennacherib is corroborated by a Babylonian inscription . Here , however , there is an interesting qualification . The account in the Book of Kings is so phrased that one might naturally infer from it that Sennacherib was ...
... death of Sennacherib is corroborated by a Babylonian inscription . Here , however , there is an interesting qualification . The account in the Book of Kings is so phrased that one might naturally infer from it that Sennacherib was ...
Page xvii
... death of the monarch about 1370 B.C. The date of the documents found in the royal library is , therefore , fixed within very narrow limits . The documents in question consist chiefly of letters , and constitute one of the most important ...
... death of the monarch about 1370 B.C. The date of the documents found in the royal library is , therefore , fixed within very narrow limits . The documents in question consist chiefly of letters , and constitute one of the most important ...
Page xix
... death - agony at the will of the depicter . The lioness , with spine broken by an arrow , dragging her palsied hind - quarters , is a veritable masterpiece . The same is true of many of the figures of goats , of running and pacing wild ...
... death - agony at the will of the depicter . The lioness , with spine broken by an arrow , dragging her palsied hind - quarters , is a veritable masterpiece . The same is true of many of the figures of goats , of running and pacing wild ...
Page xxi
... deaths in the census year ending 31st May 1900 was 27,533 , showing a death - rate of 16.2 per thousand . In 1890 the death - rate was 19.1 . As the number of births is only slightly in excess of the number of deaths , it is obvious ...
... deaths in the census year ending 31st May 1900 was 27,533 , showing a death - rate of 16.2 per thousand . In 1890 the death - rate was 19.1 . As the number of births is only slightly in excess of the number of deaths , it is obvious ...
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... deaths is required before burial , so that it is fairly trustworthy ; but the registration both of marriages and births is stated to be frequently eluded . The death - rate is high . In the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso it is stated ...
... deaths is required before burial , so that it is fairly trustworthy ; but the registration both of marriages and births is stated to be frequently eluded . The death - rate is high . In the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso it is stated ...
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